Skinny Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream & a Blendtec Blender Giveaway!

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Brett and I bought our first Blendtec blender a few months ago and we absolutely love it! We use it almost every day (sometimes multiple times a day) to blend up our morning protein shakes, green smoothies, soups and sauces, ice cream, and we’ve even used it to make gourmet hot chocolate. I’ll share that one with ya later.

{Someone was sneaking a taste before it made it to our cups. Guilty husband.}

The ice cream turns out pretty firm (like real ice cream) right after you blend it, it just melts pretty quickly. That’s why we like to pour it into cups or jars. We start with spoons and as it melts we just drink it up.

If you want it a little firmer just stick in the freezer for ten minutes or so or until you’re ready to serve it.

Skinny Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream

Ingredients

1/4 c reduced fat milk

2 tbsp whipping cream

2 tbsp agave nectar

1/2 banana

1/3 c vanilla protein powder (or nonfat dry milk)

1/4 c pumpkin puree

1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice

1 1/2 c ice cubes (14 ice cubes)

Instructions

Place ingredients in your blender jar in the order listed and secure lid. Select “ice cream”, let it blend, and serve. If you want it thicker you can add more ice.

adapted from Blendtec Fresh Blend Recipe Book’s Popeye’s Ice Cream

serves 2

**you can use a regular blender to make this, just lend until smooth. It will be more like a shake than like ice cream.

Sounds delish! Here’s a little tip i’ve learned from making smoothies… buy a bunch of bananas (they are cheap enough) slice them, place on baking sheet, freeze and then place in baggy in freezer until ready to use. If you use frozen bananas there will be no need for ice which i think waters down the taste. The frozen bananas thicken up the smoothies so much that we have to eat with a spoon